Off the topic of Aroids

From: "Nyles" metopium at hotmail.com> on 2001.02.10 at 03:38:34(5931) Hi Everyone! On a recent trip to Mongolia I saw an unusual plant growing in the sparceness of the Gobi Desert. It had one or two dark green oval leaves (I'm guessing about 6 cm diameter) very close to the ground, and had a stalk coming up from the center with seeds in a 3 lobed configuration. I'm describing this in the even that anyone has even a guess as to what this plant was. My main question has to do with the the plantlet that grew when I planted the seeds upon my return to The States. They were somewhat difficult to germinate, and impossible to keep alive over a month or two. It was a typical with two cotyledons. The leaves, however, did not appear from between them, but a seperate shoot came up from near the root system. Is this typical of any family, genus of plants? Any help is appreciated, Nyles +More _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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